Conowingo Bridge (First)

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Overview: Lost Covered through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Highway 1
Location: Harford County, Maryland
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1820; All but two spans destroyed by flooding 1846
Builder: - Louis Wernwag of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Design: Through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 1,744.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.66036, -76.17105 (decimal degrees)
39°39'37" N, 76°10'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/399545/4390717 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Conowingo Dam
Inventory number: BH 65048 (Bridgehunter.com ID)